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Episode 309: Appalachian Cr...
09.22.2023
This week we're talking about once again about y'all etiquette, Boebert, class distinctions, the Appalachian creation myth, and the UAW strike Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Probably against our better judgement, we decided to do the Romney article. Please forgive the bad audio...I've been sick in quarantine and this was the best I could do :) Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
This week we talk about roping and riding, hear a tale from a listener, head to Texas for some garden variety insanity, and get an update on the situation at WVU Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
This week we're talking about the proposed cuts and layoffs at West Virginia University, and to do it we've enlisted a damn platoon. First we have Dennis Hogan, a postdoctoral fellow at Haverford College, who has an article in The ...
This week the Washington Post gives us a lesson in democracy, and then we check the various reactions to the GOP debate from the good folks over at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
This week...we're going back for more Ethicist Support our show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
This week we discuss: original sin, whether or not we've ruined sex, and synth your piece Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Activist, lawyer, author, and former autoworker Jon Melrod joins us this week to discuss his new book Fighting Times, and the militant union movement in the 1970s Buy Jon's book here: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1289 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty Outro music: https://hollybodyhollybody.bandcamp.com/track/positive-pressure ...
Topics today: ecological tipping points, indigestion, the flawed teleological premises of sports, real-time reactions to Mitch McConnell short-circuiting during a press conference, one year anniversary of the flood, and synth your piece. Apologies in advance, it was too hot to ...
For our 300th (free) episode, we're joined by Kentucky musician Will Oldham, aka Bonnie "Prince" Billy, aka Palace Music. We talk about various country music scandals, buried treasure, QVC for bones, the new era of digital music, and so much ...
This week we discuss all the latest developments in climate change, artificial intelligence, motherhood, and liberty Please support us (and our friend Piedmont) at Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
This week we talk about posers, soap operas, Frances Gary Powers, viral meningitis, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, how capitalism is ruining pot, and how we're disrupting the firefighting space Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
This week we discuss how to Sextonize your life; predictions for 2024; and, of course, more entries in our new favorite NY Times column, The Ethicist Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
This week we're joined by Jake and Thomas from the podcast Pendejo Time to talk about how (to pay $10,000) to be a real man, former West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins, sports programs in general, and the infidelities of ...
This week we discuss the occluded existence of the most perfect boring boy in the world, the orca rebellion, and two crypto geniuses who are just live-laugh-loving their way through life Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Does ACAB also apply to cop impersonators? Find out on this week's episode of The Trillbillies Podcast Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Might have gotten a little carried away on this one. Sorry in advance Also, Tom lost his job, so we need your support on Patreon now more than ever: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
This week we got bogged down in trying to answer some of the biggest ethical questions of our day Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
The rest is just waiting. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
This week on the Trillbillies we're disrupting the criminal justice system Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Bob Dylan goes to Deadwood, Thomas Friedman opens up some boxes, Cop City comes to West Virginia, Letcher County speaks its piece Support striking WGA workers: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/the-snacklist-support-striking-workers And support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
This week we're discussing John Brown, as seen through the eyes of the late novelist, Russell Banks, in his novel Cloudsplitter. DISCLAIMER: Please be aware that Russell Banks's novel is a work of fiction, and is not meant to be ...
This week it's a grab bag of allergy-fueled bits and news, followed by an op-ed from a friend at the NYTimes about the formula for making crime go up Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
This week we talk a wide range of topics, mostly centered on what's going on in states like Tennessee: mass shootings, anti-trans bills, centralization of power in state governments, etc. To do it, we've enlisted our Tennessean friend Mina Shedd ...
This week we're talking about landlord self defense classes, tenant unions, and tenant organizing, with special guests Katy Slininger (Cargill Tenants Union) and Ben Mabie (Crown Heights Tenant Union, Tenant Union Flatbush). Make sure to stick around for the end, ...
This week we discuss one white liberal's quest to end race-based affirmative action Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
This week we discuss (yet again) Silicon Valley Bank, Bret Stephens's reflections on the Iraq War, and a man named Johnny Shield's views on conservatism in higher education. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
A mysterious man crawled out of the ceiling of Tom's high school English class and taught everyone a very important lesson. Also features coverage of the Murdaugh murder trial, and a reading of David Frum's Iraq War revisionism. Support us ...
This week we tackle some hard questions: is the perfect relationship possible? Who is the Universal Christ? Should colleges be more like prison? After that we finish it all up with some Synth Your Piece. Tarence's article in the Nation: ...
This week we talk about the ecological phenomenon known as "whiskey fungus," followed by a hard pivot into the world of higher ed Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
This week we talk Ukraine, the ruling class's fixation on Boxes, and the mass hysteria of Devil's Milkshakes issuing from East Palestine, Ohio Check out Aaron's story here: https://spacelight.substack.com/p/this-machine Tarence's article here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-devils-milkshake-ray And our Patreon here: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Everything from religion to industrial disasters to Mehdi Hasan's debating methods Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Our good friend Kate Wagner (@mcmansionhell) is back to tell us about the NEOM city-state in the Saudi Arabian desert, as well as all the soulless architects and designers working on it. You can read Kate's article here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/line-in-the-sand-wagner And ...
This week we're joined by University of Chicago professor of history, Gabriel Winant, to discuss the social and political origins of the modern healthcare industry in places like Pittsburgh and Appalachia. To learn more, you can purchase Gabe's book, The ...
Come for the Nat Turner discourse, stay for the Progress In Science and Technology discourse Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
We start off with a little bit of giant discourse (different from last week's giant discourse); cover some news miscellanea; and then hear another entry from the all-time great New York Times column, The Conversation Help us get our wonderful ...
On this first (free) episode of the year we take a journey through cop lore; talk movies; and meet a real life Mr. Freeze, who's here to kick some ice Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Friend of the show Bryan Quinby of Street Fight Radio fills in for Tarence as we talk Jerry Falwell Jr., George Santos, Andrew Tate vs. Greta Thunberg, and why a man ended up on death row because of a Jeff ...
No episode this week, so here's an unlocked episode from our Patreon, about a tale as old as time Find more content like this at our Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Aaron and Tom check in on the results of the Warnock/Walker runoff and an attempted coup of Germany by a descendent of the Kaiser; Tarence and Tom interview Jack Wagner of "Yeah, But Still" about his new show "Otherworld"
**audio gets better after a couple minutes** This week we talk about the most recent AppHarvest news, and then move on to an extremely cool article about Disney magic Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
More talk about the rise of fascist terrorism, followed by an article in the MIT Technology Review about the ultra rich and their fascination with longevity Judith Butler article referenced in the episode: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2021/oct/23/judith-butler-gender-ideology-backlash Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
This week we look at The Forms. If you know you know. If you're wanting to comment on the proposed Letcher County Prison Facility: Submit comments to Kimberly S. Hudson, Site Selection Specialist, Construction & Environmental Review Branch, Federal Bureau ...
Midterms 2022 Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
Halloween Special 2022
Friend of the show Haley O'Shaughnessy (@HaleyOSomething) stops by to chat "yall culture," sports cheating, and the interesting case of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari's heritage Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
This week we address the true Kanye West Of The Academy: Francis Fukuyama, and his End of History thesis. Support our great show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
(I don't really eat on this one it was just a fake out) Today we discuss various topics that are by this point old news but which you will still no doubt enjoy, including: Kanye meta-discourse, rainbow fentanyl, free cable, ...
We talk about some more cheating scandals, then visit a story about a Tuskegee airman landing in Loretta Lynn's childhood backyard, and finally present an exciting new opportunity for Trillbillies fans: a Trillbillies Essay Contest Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
We cover a wide range of topics this week, and show off our vast knowledge of literature and gain of function research Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty
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